, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Community groups & RTPI Cymru
… welcome that, although some may argue that it reduces the number of opportunities for participation. I think Planning Aid Wales would probably recommend the approach that's been taken in terms of bringing things together. Unfortunately, there are …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Community groups & RTPI Cymru
Absolutely. Planning Aid Wales hasn't been involved up until this stage. That's primarily because we don't get involved in legislation, policy, or development positions, as such; we're here to just focus on whether community …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with Community groups & RTPI Cymru
… Wales) Bill. Joining us for this session are James Davies, who is the chief executive officer of Planning Aid Wales, and Dr Roisin Willmott, who is the director of the Royal Town Planning Institute in Wales, or RTPI …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
… way of knowing how much community groups spend on engaging with planning. We continue to fund Planning Aid Wales; we've got a little bit of information via them, but that's—. 'It depends', as my old law …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Infrastructure (Wales) Bill
… much better able to engage. And then, just to say, we will continue to fund things like Planning Aid Wales, and so on, to help communities engage with the process …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
… sure that we make huge efforts at the early point of the planning process. We do fund Planning Aid Wales to help communities do that, and I’m more than happy to have a conversation—I’m sure …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 3 - Planning
Just to pick up on that point and to be more positive, we at Planning Aid Wales really welcomed the principle of this system. Pre-application consultation is the right idea, it's just not quite there …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee: Evidence session 3 - Planning
… next hour. On the panel, we have our witnesses for this meeting, namely James Davies, chief executive, Planning Aid Wales; Neil Harris, senior lecturer, school of geography and planning at Cardiff University; Victoria Robinson, chair, Planning Officers Society …